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Present Essential Question to Class: ● Present the essential question, learning objectives, and “I can” statements using student-friendly language. Clarify any questions that students have about the content and learning objectives. ● Have students preview the text to identify the vocabulary words for this week. Unpack the weekly vocabulary as appropriate. Article 1: What Is a Citizen? Word Count: 29 Vocabulary: citizen: a member of a community, state, or country High Impact Teaching Strategies: Explicit Teaching, Worked Examples, Multiple Exposures Lesson Plan: 1. Review what was learned previously about communities. Have the students think of the communities that they are a part of. a. What communities are you a part of? (family, school, local) 2. Have the students point to the title of the article. Read the title of the article together. Have the students repeat the word “citizen” after you. Count the number of syllables in the word. 3. Read the article as a class as the students follow along. Discuss the word "citizen." Refer back to the article. Have the students find and point to the bolded word “citizen.” Together, read the definition of the word. Have the students highlight the definition. Ask: a. What is a citizen? (a member of a community, state, country, classroom, school, etc.) b. Explain to students that they are citizens because they are members of a community, state, and country. 4. Go through each community that was mentioned in the article. As you discuss each community, draw concentric circles, and display the images included in related media that show the different communities. Have the students draw the concentric circles with you in their interactive notebooks. a. Draw a circle on the board. Write the words “school community” in the circle. Explain that we are citizens in our class and school. Show the image of the school and children included in related media. Ask: i. Who are the citizens in our classroom and school? (We are citizens in our classroom and school.) ii. What types of things do you see in our classroom community? (Answers may vary.) b. Draw a larger circle around the first circle. Write the words “local community” in the circle. Explain that we are citizens in our local community. Show the images of a local community included in related media. Ask: i. Who are the citizens in our community? (Possible answers: family, neighbors, firefighters, police officers, the mayor, etc.) ii. What types of things do you see in our community? (Answers may vary.) c. Draw a larger circle around the first two circles. Write the words “state” in
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